149: The black bear is also melancholy
Link and Darrell Arthur played a pick-and-roll, which is a classic cooperation between these two young forwards. Link likes to play pick-and-roll with Arthur because Arthur, a power forward produced by Kansas, made excellent three-pointers. In 2011, the space-type fourth position was not popular yet. Therefore, players with the fourth position occasionally come outside the three-point line for a few times, and sometimes they can really do miraculous results.
In fact, Hollins didn't like to let Arthur shoot three-pointers at the beginning. He thought inside players should move near the basket. But seeing Link becoming more mature in the training ground with Arthur's pick-and-roll cooperation, Hollins truly developed Arthur's three-pointer.
Link broke through with the ball, Jazz power forward Millsap and Russian Andrei Kirilianko struggled to catch up. Seeing that he attracted the defense of two people, Link boldly threw the ball back.
"It's not a breakthrough, it's a pass! Darrell Arthur, a three-pointer shot without anyone's interference! bang! The three-pointer hit, the Grizzlies completely opened the score!"
Hubibrin stood up and cheered. From the moment Arthur and Link covered, the old man was expecting them to play a three-point match. As expected, the tactic was really done in the end.
After Arthur scored, he slapped intimately with Link to celebrate. The Kansas-graduated power forward no longer remembers that this was the number of assists that he made a shot from outside the three-point line this season.
At the same time, the Jazz called a timeout. But at this time, it was no longer Jerry Sloan who asked the timeout, but black coach Tyron Cobin.
That's right, the Utah Jazz had ended the farce of Deron and Sloan's disagreement. As a result, Sloan shed tears in the press conference and retired regretfully. Deron was traded to the New Jersey Nets to start his new career. The Iron Blood Jazz was disbanded, and Salt Lake City was finally shrouded in darkness.
Since the Jazz's collapse, their goal this year has changed from challenging the defending champion Lakers at the beginning to playing badly. Now, the Jazz's record is only 6 wins and 4 losses, which is one win behind the Houston Rockets, and their record is simply a cliff-jumping decline.
Therefore, Arthur's three-pointer just now has given the Grizzlies 20 points ahead of the Jazz.
Reggie Miller is right. The Memphis Grizzlies are no longer on the same level as these teams outside the playoffs. The Jazz who used to have Sloan and Deron could still play back and forth with the Grizzlies. But now, they will be knocked down by the Grizzlies.
"Good job, guys, you have once again stifled suspense. To deal with such a team, we should completely stifle the suspense. Should we give them any chance!" Hollins was very satisfied with the team's condition. After defeating the Indiana Pacers the day before yesterday, if nothing unexpected happened today, defeating the Jazz should not be a problem.
After all, now that the Jazz are only 8 minutes away from the end of the game, the Jazz are already 20 points behind.
To be honest, it is not impossible to chase 20 points in 8 minutes, but it depends on the level of both sides in battle.
The Grizzlies are one of the best defense teams in the league, and after the Jazz left Deron, they basically had no combat power. Devin Harris, who came from the Nets, was still a lower level than Deron, while the Jazz's double Tamilsap and Al Jefferson, offensive efficiency was also good and bad.
The Jazz didn't have the conditions to turn the tables, so Hollins could already win the victory of this game in advance.
On the Jazz bench, Tyron Cobin was still scattering tactics. He took over Jerry Sloan's flag and did not want to destroy everything that Old Sloan had worked hard for decades to build.
But everyone knows that the Jazz no longer have a chance today. The game that had just been more than three quarters has allowed everyone to see how huge the gap between the two teams is. If the strength is close, the score difference will not be pulled to 20 points.
"The Grizzlies have been in great shape recently. After four consecutive losses, they immediately stopped the decline with a four-game winning streak. And in the last four games, the Grizzlies have won more than 20 points in three games. Hubby, what do you think of the Grizzlies' recent performance? Will they maintain this momentum until the playoffs?" During the suspension, Chris Webber chatted with Brown on the recent record of the Grizzlies.
"The Grizzlies' ranking has caused many people to misunderstand their strength, because in the first half of the season, the Grizzlies were still in chaos, Mayo and Guy were still fighting for the right to take action, and the Grizzlies did not fully establish their core and system. But in the second half of the season, since Link joined the team, Mayo fell out and Guy was injured, the Grizzlies have actually become very different from before. The reason why they are eighth in the West now is because they dug too much in the early stage. In fact, I dare say that the Grizzlies' strength is already in the upper reaches of the West! So they are naturally extremely relaxed in playing teams that are particularly qualified for the playoffs." Hubiblin's analysis makes sense. He sees the Grizzlies more thoroughly than anyone else.
The Grizzlies' ranking is actually inconsistent with their actual strength. Since Hollins built the lineup completely according to his inner desire, the Grizzlies have long been no longer the team that hangs around on the edge of the playoffs.
In Huby Brown's view, the Grizzlies are fully capable of competing with those top Western teams. The eighth place in the West is just a disguise of the Bears.
After continuing Reggie Miller, another TNT commentator saw the essence of the Grizzlies. Hubby Brown even fantasized that if the Grizzlies were still eighth in the West until the end of the regular season, then, is there any possibility that another Black Eight Miracle in the league?
Just as the old man was thinking about it, the pause time ended and the battle between the two sides continued to begin.
However, as most people expected, Tyron Cobin's timeout did not play much role. In the next eight minutes, the Jazz should be abused or abused. With morale falling to the bottom, the three stars Millsap, Al Jefferson and Devin Harris did not play a role in leading by example.
In the end, the collapsed Jazz still couldn't escape the fate of being massacred. 107 to 85, the Grizzlies defeated their old opponent by 22 points at home. In 4 games, they had a net victory over their opponents by more than 20 points, and the Grizzlies have become more and more dominant.
Link scored only 14 points today, but this was not because he was in poor form, but because the Grizzlies' shooting division today was very even. Randolph, who scored the highest in this game, had only 19 points, and the team scored a total of 7 players in double digits.
"Four consecutive victories, the Grizzlies' form quickly recovered. Now, the Rockets only have theoretical possibilities left to catch up with the Grizzlies! In a month, maybe we can see the Memphis Grizzlies' performance in the playoffs!"
At the end of the game, Link didn't even feel very surprised. It seemed that it had become a normal thing to abuse someone by 20 points per game.
After being interviewed by reporters, Link walked back to the locker room with ease. But as soon as he pushed open the door of the locker room, Link found that Randolph was staring blankly holding the schedule.
Link was shocked. This guy Randolph didn't study where to go these days, but was actually studying the schedule?
"Zach, do you have a fever?" Link touched Randolph's forehead, it wasn't hot!
"Fever? What the hell! I am the highest scorer in the team today!" Seeing Link walking in front of him, Randolph immediately put away his melancholy expression.
"Then you're so depressed, hurry up and clean up and go to the press conference. The reporters will definitely praise you today." Link patted Randolph on the shoulder, wondering why this guy has been moody recently.
"Oh, I'm not in the mood to listen to those reporters talking nonsense. At this time the day after tomorrow, we should be playing in Boston." Randolph said, and his huge body leaned on the cabinet tiredly. On the schedule in his hand, the match against the Celtics on the 2nd of the month was drawn in a red circle.
Indeed, the teams that the Boston Celtics and the Grizzlies have recently faced each other are completely different. They rank third in the East and have three superstars. Even though three seasons have passed since their last championship, they are still considered a favorite to win the championship this year and are one of the candidates for the championship.
If nothing unexpected happens, the game the day after tomorrow will be the most difficult game the Grizzlies have played in recent times.
But the Grizzlies have played a lot in difficult games this season, and Link thinks that Randolph will not be so depressed because of this.
"Hey, we even won the Spurs, the No. 1 in the West, let alone the third in the East? As long as we work together, everything will happen the day after tomorrow, right?" Link was still very optimistic. He knew very well that the Celtics in this period had actually begun to decline, and the dominance of kg, pp and Ray Allen was declining.
They are indeed very powerful, but they are not invincible.
Chapter completed!